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IGIDR

Conference organized by SPANDAN research initiative and supported by a grant from
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Venue: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai

Date: November 8-10, 2018

This conference seeks to provide a forum for exchange of ideas among scholars who are engaged in quality research in the areas of agriculture, household food security, diet diversity, reproductive, child health, and nutrition outcomes. The central theme of the conference is to understand how India can end all forms of malnutrition by the year 2030 in line with Sustainable Development Goals. The conference is being organized as part of the research initiative 'System of Promoting Appropriate National Dynamism for Agriculture and Nutrition' (SPANDAN (www.spandan-india.org)) which is supported by a grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The multi-disciplinary conference will comprise of key note address, paper presentations and panel discussions. The synthesis of the findings of the SPANDAN research initiative on the linkages between agriculture, nutrition and health in India will be presented. We encourage submission of quantitative and qualitative studies from researchers and practitioners across various disciplines and fields: agriculture, economics, nutrition, demography, law, sociology, public health etc. We invite contributions on one or more of the following themes:

Test the strength and relative importance of pathways from agriculture to nutrition

Quantitative studies based on one more rounds of National Sample Survey Organisation, District Level Household Survey and National Family Health Survey datasets

Cross country comparisons including India using Demographic and Health Survey datasets

Quantitative and qualitative studies based on primary data

Role of judiciary in achieving nutrition security and ensuring food justice

Experience of tackling malnutrition in mission mode

Public finance for nutrition

Evaluation of specific policies and programmes including food security and related missions, impact of procurement policies, role of safety nets and welfare programmes

Role of civil society and community-based programmes in tackling malnutrition.

Important Information

September 30, 2018

Last date for submission of extended abstracts of 2 to 4 pages. The extended abstracts should be detailed enough for the scientific committee to assess the potential of the paper. Kindly do not wait till the last date. The committee will be evaluating the submission on a rolling basis.